The Martin School District was established formally in October 1912 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at the southeast corner of SE27-27-8W in what later became the Rural Municipality of Grahamdale. The district was dissolved in 1967 and its catchment area became part of the Lakeshore School Division.
Among the teachers of Martin School was Mr. Lechner, Mr. Wagner, Mr. Tesky, H. Nichol, Mr. Giplin, Mr. Dixon, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Stoddard, Mrs. Foster, E. Negrych (1923-1924), J. Heap, Miss Webster, Charles Durnin, Gertie Maisnuk, N. Freeman, Nellie Greenberg, Olive Mills, Laura May Cooke, Mary Leonard, Louis Korody, Mr. Dueck, Mrs. M. Hertzog, Gene Happychuk, George Playter, Miss Janzen, Miss Gorgenson, Miss Kliver, Tina Fleming, Helen Enns, Miss Gerbrandt, Miss Leask, Roy Low, Fernon Genest, and Mrs. Johnson.
Martin School (no date) by J. H. Plewes
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 8.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.33303, W98.49227
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Martin School No. 870 (Kelvin Avenue, Winnipeg)
School District Formation Files [Martin School District No. 1641], GR1688, E0027, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Martin School District No. 1641 - Daily Registers, GR11220, Archives of Manitoba.
Hardship and Happiness, Interlake Pioneers (Steep Rock), 1974, page 179.
One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 October 2022
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